MemoRe Boeing Technical Data, UNSUB aka Dan Cooper8 December 19711 page
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Part 66, page 283

Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1060

Document date 8 December 1971

Open in FBI Vault (Part 66, page 283 of the PDF)

FBI 164-81, Vault Part 66 p. 283, Memo, dated 8 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1060 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-66/pages/283

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SAC (164-81) (P)

SA [REDACTED]

UNSUB, aka Dan Cooper; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305 PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71 CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION OO: SE

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12/8/71

RE: Boeing Technical Data

RE: [REDACTED]

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On 12/2/71, [REDACTED] [REDACTED], Seattle, Washington, furnished the following information:

He was [REDACTED] [REDACTED] testing of this aircraft.

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It is physically impossible to make a take-off in the 727 with the rear stairs extended. He explained that if this were attempted the stairs would strike the runway at the point of rotation just prior to liftoff.

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[handwritten] 164-81-1060 SEARCHED ......... INDEXED SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED DEC 08 1971 FBI-SEATTLE